Video: Hilary Cole is an OC Diva in this Sondheim Medley

Musical theatre it girl Hilary Cole has been unstoppable over the past 12 months. From a shattering, remarkable Sydney debut in Squabbalogic’s Carrie, she has thrilled and delighted in The Drowsy Chaperone and Miracle City. She also debuted her first cabaret show.

OC Diva, written and performed by Cole as part of the inaugural Hayes Theatre Co Cabaret Festival, is an intimate and unflinchingly honest look at Cole’s inner demons. It’s sharp, funny, and devastating.

When her show opened in Sydney, I said:

Through  a simply beautiful, heartbreaking use of “Colour and Light” from Sunday in the Park with George and a Rubik’s cube, Cole takes us deep into those obsessive quirks that aren’t as fun and breezy as they look on the surface.

This is the kind of soul-baring, narrative-building, dark, human cabaret that has been missing from Sydney cabaret. This isn’t Hilary Cole’s Greatest Hits. This is Hilary Cole, inviting us to see her through music, which, she explains, is her outlet for all of her thoughts and feelings, her only way to exorcise them from her tiny frame.

Now, Cole has uploaded the show to her immensely entertaining and talent-filled youtube channel, so you can see what I mean! Check it out below.